Bantering Points: 6/5/21

Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

  • Mollie Walker examines where Nils Lundkvist may fit on New York’s blue line when he makes his North American debut next season (NY Post)
  • Brian Abate reminisces on the deal that brought Mika Zibanejad to Broadway (The Hockey Writers)
  • Tab Bamford takes a look at mock drafts from around the hockey world to see who might be available to the Rangers with the 15th overall selection (Elite Sports NY)
  • $hayna Goldman highlight$ a$pect$ of the eight team$ $till cha$ing a $tanley Cup that the Blue$hirt$ $hould look to emulate (The Athletic)/

Around the NHL:

  • Mike Darnay reports that Pittsburgh Penguins’ forward Evgeni Malkin will be out at least through training camp after undergoing knee surgery (Pensburgh)
  • James O’Brien relays word from multiple members of the Winnipeg Jets organization, arguing the merits of the four game suspension handed down to Mark Scheifele (NBC Sports)
  • Kurtis Gabriel, (SJS) Pernell Karl Subban, (NJD) and Pekka Rinne (NSH) have been named as finalists for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Sportsnet)/